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Lessen van Hitchcock: een inleiding in mediatheorie
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ISBN: 9053565051 Year: 2004 Publisher: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press


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Hitchcock's films revisited
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ISBN: 0571162266 9780571162260 Year: 1989 Publisher: London : Faber & Faber,


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Hitchcock and adaptation
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ISBN: 9781442230873 9781442230880 1442230886 1306573459 9781306573450 1442230878 Year: 2014 Publisher: Lanham

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This collection of essays examines the various Hitchcock films that were adapted from other sources (short stories, play, and novels). Some of these essays focus on the director's collaboration with such notable writers as John Steinbeck (Lifeboat), Thornton Wilder (Shadow of a Doubt), and Raymond Chandler (Strangers on a Train), proving not only that Hitchcock knew good writing when he read it, but that he was quite ea

An eye for Hitchcock
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ISBN: 0813533945 0813533953 9780813533940 9780813533957 Year: 2004 Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Press


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Hitch : the life and work of Alfred Hitchcock
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ISBN: 0349133859 9780349133850 Year: 1981 Publisher: London : Abacus/Sphere Books,


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Hitchcock's stars : Alfred Hitchcock and the Hollywood studio system
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ISBN: 9781442230774 1442230770 1442230789 9781442230781 9781442278035 Year: 2014 Publisher: Lanham Rowman & Littlefield

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Although he was a visual stylist who once referred to actors as cattle, Alfred Hitchcock also had a remarkable talent for innovative and creative casting choices. The director launched the careers of several actors and completely changed the trajectory of others, many of whom created some of the most iconic screen performances in history. However, Hitchcock's ability to fit his leading men and women into just the right parts has been a largely overlooked aspect of his filmmaking skills. In Hitchcock's Stars: Alfred Hitchcock and the Hollywood Studio System, Lesley L. Coffin looks at how the director made the most of the actors who were at his disposal for several decades. From his first American production in 1940 to his final feature in 1976, Hitchcock's films were examples of creative casting that strayed far from the norm during the structured Hollywood star system. Rather than examining the cinematic aspects of his work, this book explores the collaboration the director engaged in with some of the most popular stars in Hollywood history. Coffin explains how the master of on-screen manipulation exploited the nervous insecurity of Joan Fontaine for the lead in Rebecca, subverted the wholesome image of Robert Walker to play a deranged killer in Strangers on a Train, and plucked an unknown actress to star in The Birds. Documenting Hitchcock's Hollywood output from his arrival in America through his final effort, Family Plot, the author chronicles each film's casting process, performances, and the personas each star brought to his or her role. Inspiring a fresh look at several films, this book will engage fans and encourage them to reconsider a number of Hitchcock classics in a new light.

Hitchcock : past and future
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ISBN: 0415275253 0415275261 1280051191 1134477236 0203642317 9780203642317 9780203642313 0203676378 9780203676370 9780415275255 9780415275262 9786610051199 6610051194 9781134477234 9781134477180 113447718X 9781134477227 1134477228 9781280051197 Year: 2004 Publisher: London : Routledge,

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